Stock waterer



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. W. P. TURNER STOCK WATERER Filed Jan. 8. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2WzLLzLnm F? Turner INVENTOR TENT Ftitd.

WILLIAM P. TURNER, F OAKLAND, IOWA.

STOCK WATERER.

Application filed January 8, 1923.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Bo it known that I, IVILLIAM l?. TURNER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county ofPottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Stock Waterers, of

which the following is a specication.

An object of this invention is to produce a stock watering device inwhich water is delivered from a tank into a basin located adjacent tothebottom of the tank, so that the basin will be constantly supplied withl. water from the tank even should ice form on the-top of the water inthe tank, while means is provided for protecting the basin i and forheating the water therein in cold weather.

Io the attainment of the foregoing and other objects which will presentthemselves as the nature of the invention is better understood,reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which formpart of this application.

In the drawings Figure l 1s a general View showing the improvementattached to a water containing tank.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure l, looking towardthe top of the basin.

Figure I is a sectional view on the line Q {ir-*1I of Figure l.

Figure 5 is a detail view of theybasin.

Figure G is a similar view of the casing.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral l designates awater containing tank. On one side, adjacent to the bottom of the tankl, and preferably spaced vfrom said tank, I secure a basin 2. The basinhas its rear wall straight and its other walls i or body flared inwardlyfrom its beaded mouth to the bottom thereof. rlChe bottom, indicated bythe numeral 3, is Hat and the rear straight wall 4, slightly above thesaid bottom has an opening which aligns with a similar opening in thetank. Through these openings there is passed a shortpipe 5 that alsopasses through an opening in a washer plate 6 disposed between the reari of the basin and the side of the tank. On its ends the pipe 6 isprovided with addi- Serial No. 611,426.

tional washers, the said ends of the pipe being threaded and being'engaged by suitable 55 nuts 7. In this manner it will be seen that awatertight joint is established between the tank and basin, and alsothat water from the tank will constantly fill the basin.

In order to protect the basin from contact by cattle as well as toprovide a house for a lamp or similar heater for maintaining the waterin the basin in heated condition in wintry weather, I provide a casing.The casing, indicated by the numeral 8 is of 65 a substantiallyrectangular formation, having its rear open and its top and bottomrounded to snugly contact with the side of the tank l. The top 9 of thecasing 8 is provided with an opening for the reception of the basin whenthe casing is arranged next to the tank. l/Vhen in such position, thebeaded upper edge of the basin rests on the top of the casing. The frontof the top is secured between spaced plates l0 at the 75 bottom of thecasing and against a cleat l1 at the top. The front is provided with acentral opening closed by a door l2, the door being received between thespaced cleats and designed to abut against the upper cleat @0 11.Suitable means 13 is employed for holdinthe door in closed position.

esigned to be arranged in the casing, to rest on the Hoor thereof,directly below the flat bottom of the basin 2, there is a heatingelement 14. In the showing of theI drawings this element is in thenature of an oil lamp, but, of course, heaters of a different charactermay be employed. The heater is only used during wintry weather, and itis thought that the foregoing description, when taken in connection withthe arranged next to the tank for surrounding` the basin, saidcasingvhaving a; closed bottom and a central opening aft the frontthereof, spaced transverse cleats connected to the 'front et the bottoniof the casing, an inner cleat between the top and the front of thecasing, a door designed 'to be received between the lower cleats and toContact With the upper cleat for closing the opening, and Ineens on Jdietop 'for engaging the door for 10 holding the seme in closed position.

n testimony whereof I affix my signature.

VILLAM l?. TURNER

